"Just think of the possibilities if we knew about all
those deployments that are under the radar. With closer to real
data, we might be able to leverage more commercial support for
applications, drivers, and products for Linux and those derived
from Linux. I believe a lot of commercial entities still see Linux
as a geek toy and not as a real operating system with a substantial
user base.
"The solution is to have Linux phone home every so often like
Windows and Macs do. Some people wouldn't like this, of course, and
would disable that functionality but it would be very useful
information for the above reasons."